Kansas Move To Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips As Deadly ODs Spike

A welcomed realization that, in the absence of any hope of controlling border crossing, harm reduction tactics are taking hold even in red states.

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“We aren’t used to dealing with pills being made that are killing people at this level. So the danger of this has really caught the nation by surprise,” said state Rep. Eric Smith, a Burlington Republican. “We need to deal with it in Kansas.”

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Kansas House votes to legalize fentanyl test strips because the drug is 'killing people'

TOPEKA, Kansas - Kansas lawmakers are again trying to legalize fentanyl test strips to keep people alive amid a pandemic of soaring overdoses. "We aren't used to dealing with pills being made that are killing people at this level. So the danger of this has really caught the nation by surprise," said state Rep.